CNCI Achiever Awards 2012 for industrial excellence

The Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI) has organised the CNCI Achiever Awards 2012 for Industrial and Service excellence for the 11th consecutive year.

"The Achiever Awards has been earmarked as the Benchmark of Industrial excellence ever since it was introduced to the Sri Lankan Industry almost a decade ago . This was mainly due to its unique character and the specific criteria implemented during the stringent evaluation procedure adopted.

In addition, the unique examination of essential qualities that a well-organised industrial , manufacturing or services or any other enterprise should possess to exhibit its unique character and the professionalism in the organisation are also evaluated, when recognising industries said the secretary general CNCI, Kumara Kandalama.

The CNCI Achiever awards are open to all Sri Lankan enterprises in the industrial, manufacturing and services sectors.

The unique feature of the CNCI Achiever Awards will be that these awards are open to the Sri Lankan industrial enterprises who took the courage to set up industries in the countries belong to the SAARC region and will be awarded for their operational excellence.

Among the SAARC country-specific winners in the past year have been India, Pakistan and the Maldives.

The main objective of the Awards is to recognise industrial and operational excellence and appreciate their performances, and reward such enterprises to reach further heights in their specific areas.

He said that the Chamber has taken a leading role in fostering industrial development and growth for the past five decades .

During the Achiever awards the CNCI will pay special attention and emphasis to the small and Micro sector enterprises from the Northern and Eastern provinces , who need guidance and assistance to consolidate their enterprises and provide strength to stand on their feet. The Jaffna , Batticaloa and Trincomalee areas have been identified as specific areas for the development of micro-sector enterprises.

The stringent and strict evaluation procedures and the absolute transparency and confidentiality and impartial judgment of the internal panel of evaluators and the external panel of judges has made the CNCI Achiever awards a unique Award, he said .

During 2012 , the Chairman of the panel of Judges for this unique event will be the eminent Eng Prof Ananda Jayawardena, head of the Faculty of Engineering and Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa. The other panel of judges will include several eminent, personalities.